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many_o smoky_a vapour_n must_v needs_o be_v engender_v this_o he_o call_v so_o proper_a familiar_a inseparable_a and_o certain_a a_o sign_n to_o know_v and_o discern_v putrify_a ague_n from_o other_o that_o it_o neither_o do_v nor_o can_v deceive_v an_o other_o sign_n there_o be_v of_o a_o putrify_v ague_n when_o exspiratio_fw-la est_fw-la inspiratione_n insignior_fw-la when_o the_o breathe_n out_o be_v more_o evident_a than_o the_o breathe_n in_o because_o there_o be_v more_o need_n of_o exhaling_a putrify_a vapour_n then_o of_o cool_v alex._n massaria_fw-la pag._n 134._o show_v sundry_a cause_n why_o let_v blood_n shall_v be_v good_a in_o putrify_a ague_n first_o it_o cool_v and_o dry_v and_o all_o cool_a and_o dry_v thing_n be_v good_a for_o putrefaction_n again_o it_o be_v good_a in_o respect_n of_o the_o ague_n and_o last_o of_o all_o it_o
there_o be_v a_o heat_n of_o the_o reins_n there_o be_v make_v the_o stone_n if_o of_o the_o liver_n the_o jaundice_n and_o if_o of_o the_o breast_n the_o salt_n rheum_n raze_n do_v commend_v in_o a_o rheum_n let_v of_o blood_n 335._o but_o heurnius_n do_v restrain_v it_o with_o certain_a limit_n he_o will_v not_o have_v it_o to_o be_v use_v unless_o there_o do_v appear_v the_o sign_n of_o fullness_n of_o blood_n as_o the_o redness_n of_o the_o face_n and_o eye_n and_o extend_v of_o the_o vein_n and_o unless_o the_o body_n &_o head_n appear_v to_o be_v hot_a and_o the_o rheum_n salt_n with_o a_o matter_n not_o very_o far_o differ_v from_o blood_n and_o further_o unless_o there_o be_v some_o danger_n of_o the_o instrument_n of_o breathe_v the_o lung_n and_o the_o side_n then_o he_o admit_v blood-letting_n but_o as_o he_o say_v spare_o and_o not_o too_o much_o but_o in_o a_o cold_a rheum_n the_o sweet_a mitigation_n of_o blood_n be_v not_o to_o be_v take_v away_o in_o the_o gout_n phlebotomy_n be_v not_o to_o be_v use_v unless_o great_a fullness_n do_v of_o necessity_n urge_v thereunto_o there_o may_v this_o reason_n be_v give_v of_o it_o because_o that_o thin_a distillation_n which_o flow_v from_o the_o brain_n into_o the_o joint_n and_o be_v there_o thicken_v and_o settle_a do_v cause_n the_o gout_n do_v not_o fall_v down_o by_o any_o vain_a 12._o as_o fernelius_n show_v in_o his_o answer_n to_o the_o physician_n bucherius_n 132._o but_o do_v distil_v from_o the_o brain_n to_o the_o neck_n &_o shoulder_n and_o from_o thence_o to_o the_o foot_n part_n consecuta_fw-la subcutanea_n have_v get_v for_o passage_n the_o part_n under_o the_o skin_n and_o because_o it_o be_v thin_a do_v flow_v unsensible_o bucherius_n thought_n that_o because_o in_o the_o blood_n that_o he_o see_v draw_v out_o of_o vein_n there_o appear_v sometime_o phlegmatic_a matter_n to_o flow_v out_o with_o the_o blood_n therefore_o that_o phlegm_n slip_v out_o of_o the_o vein_n may_v be_v a_o cause_n of_o the_o gout_n but_o fernelius_n do_v confute_v he_o and_o show_v that_o that_o which_o swim_v so_o whitish_a in_o the_o basin_n be_v a_o kind_n of_o phlegmatic_a blood_n such_o as_o do_v abound_v in_o the_o disease_n call_v leucophlegmatia_fw-la and_o that_o it_o be_v so_o far_o from_o slide_v out_o of_o the_o vein_n into_o the_o joint_n that_o it_o can_v not_o be_v draw_v out_o of_o the_o vein_n by_o strong_a medicine_n for_o that_o phlegm_n which_o be_v fetch_v out_o of_o the_o body_n by_o purge_n and_o vomit_n do_v not_o come_v from_o the_o vein_n but_o it_o be_v whole_o either_o from_o the_o brain_n or_o from_o the_o stomach_n or_o from_o the_o bowel_n he_o add_v i_o think_v this_o to_o be_v one_o of_o the_o great_a error_n of_o the_o common_a sort_n of_o people_n that_o in_o all_o disease_n they_o place_v the_o fault_n of_o the_o humour_n no_o where_o else_o but_o in_o the_o vein_n and_o when_o the_o question_n be_v of_o humour_n they_o understand_v nothing_o of_o those_o which_o do_v abound_v in_o other_o place_n but_o only_o of_o those_o which_o be_v mingle_v with_o the_o blood_n in_o the_o vein_n although_o the_o cause_n and_o nourishment_n of_o the_o gout_n do_v not_o flow_v from_o the_o vein_n yet_o if_o the_o party_n have_v a_o full_a body_n it_o will_v be_v very_o dangerous_a for_o he_o to_o omit_v let_v of_o blood_n for_o that_o attenuate_a and_o resolve_v diet_n which_o by_o mean_n of_o his_o disease_n he_o must_v use_v will_v make_v his_o plenitude_n the_o more_o perilous_a unless_o have_v first_o purge_v his_o body_n he_o do_v also_o cause_v some_o vain_a to_o be_v open_v the_o like_a reason_n do_v fernelius_n give_v in_o his_o cure_n of_o morbus_fw-la gallicus_n 108._o after_o that_o he_o have_v advise_v the_o body_n to_o be_v twice_o or_o thrice_o purge_v he_o say_v that_o also_o he_o must_v be_v let_v blood_n as_o his_o fullness_n shall_v require_v and_o sterngth_n permit_v for_o so_o not_o only_o the_o inward_a part_n and_o whole_a body_n shall_v be_v cool_v but_o also_o the_o danger_n of_o plenitude_n which_o may_v be_v stir_v up_o by_o the_o use_n of_o attenuate_a and_o resolve_v thing_n shall_v be_v thereby_o avoid_v what_o vain_a must_v be_v choose_v in_o the_o gout_n when_o blood-letting_n be_v thus_o find_v requisite_a scciionem_fw-la galen_n do_v declare_v towards_o the_o end_n of_o his_o book_n of_o phlebotomy_n in_o the_o gout_n we_o must_v open_v the_o vain_a in_o the_o cubite_fw-la but_o in_o the_o fall_a sickness_n and_o in_o that_o swim_n in_o the_o head_n which_o make_v all_o thing_n seem_v to_o go_v round_o we_o must_v do_v it_o rather_o in_o the_o leg_n but_o how_o do_v this_o agree_v with_o that_o place_n which_o i_o have_v allege_v before_o out_o of_o galen_n in_o my_o seven_o chapter_n 13._o if_o one_o leg_n have_v a_o inflammation_n scarify_v and_o let_v blood_n in_o the_o other_o humour_n do_v seem_v with_o great_a difficulty_n to_o ascend_v then_o descend_v and_o the_o hollow_a vain_a in_o the_o low_a part_n of_o the_o body_n divide_v his_o branch_n equal_o to_o both_o the_o leg_n it_o shall_v seem_v that_o the_o leg_n be_v not_o only_o the_o fit_a place_n according_a to_o some_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o divert_v or_o revel_v but_o also_o the_o meet_a place_n to_o make_v evacuation_n fuchsius_n say_v 5._o that_o galen_n do_v command_v in_o the_o gout_n to_o let_v blood_n in_o the_o arm_n for_o two_o cause_n first_o because_o both_o the_o leg_n in_o that_o disease_n be_v afflict_v though_o not_o both_o at_o once_o but_o per_fw-la vice_n one_o after_o a_o other_o and_o second_o because_o in_o the_o gout_n the_o blood_n do_v only_o offend_v in_o plenty_n and_o be_v not_o so_o putrify_v and_o vicious_a as_o it_o be_v in_o a_o hot_a and_o red_a inflammation_n but_o see_v the_o chief_a intent_n of_o phlebotomy_n in_o the_o gout_n be_v to_o evacuate_v the_o fullness_n of_o the_o whole_a body_n it_o may_v therefore_o seem_v especial_o for_o that_o cause_n most_o fit_a to_o open_v a_o vain_a in_o the_o cubite_fw-la as_o for_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o disease_n it_o be_v rather_o avoid_v by_o a_o good_a fit_a diet_n dry_a and_o moderate_o warm_a and_o the_o use_n sometime_o of_o thing_n that_o do_v extenuate_v and_o resolve_v then_o by_o seek_v to_o draw_v out_o either_o the_o cause_n or_o the_o nourishment_n thereof_o by_o the_o use_n of_o phlebotomy_n chap._n 10._o whether_o let_v of_o blood_n be_v fit_a for_o such_o as_o have_v hoaâ—_n liver_n and_o cold_a stomach_n as_o also_o for_o such_o as_o have_v itch_n and_o scab_n and_o such_o other_o fault_n of_o the_o skin_n further_o whether_o it_o be_v good_a for_o the_o disease_n call_v of_o the_o seafaring_a man_n the_o scurvy_a and_o for_o the_o cachexia_fw-la or_o bad_a habit_n of_o body_n and_o final_o what_o and_o how_o many_o be_v the_o drift_n and_o scope_n of_o let_v of_o blood_n montanus_n in_o his_o conference_n have_v with_o a_o doctor_n call_v sonzinus_n 132._o about_o a_o man_n which_o have_v be_v late_o a_o soldier_n who_o be_v judge_v by_o his_o busy_a fierce_a practice_n by_o the_o redness_n of_o his_o face_n and_o by_o the_o fullness_n of_o the_o vein_n about_o the_o eye_n and_o other_o place_n to_o have_v a_o hot_a brain_n a_o hot_a heart_n and_o a_o hot_a liver_n and_o by_o the_o red_a sand_n and_o heat_n of_o urine_n appear_v also_o to_o have_v hot_a reins_n and_o yet_o have_v so_o many_o part_n hoaâ—_n have_v yâ—_z stomach_n cold_a by_o mean_n of_o the_o heat_n of_o the_o liver_n waste_v and_o consume_v the_o fatness_n of_o the_o cawl_n or_o sew_v which_o shall_v conscrue_v and_o keep_v in_o the_o due_a natural_a heat_n of_o the_o bowel_n and_o who_o also_o by_o these_o occasion_n for_o want_n of_o good_a concoction_n have_v many_o rheum_n &_o distillation_n make_v his_o body_n very_o soluble_a by_o mean_n of_o their_o slippery_a descend_v which_o otherwise_o in_o regard_n of_o so_o many_o hot_a part_n must_v needs_o have_v be_v very_o costive_a he_o say_v here_o i_o will_v commend_v principal_o blood-letting_n to_o take_v away_o the_o heat_n of_o the_o liver_n and_o of_o the_o inferior_a part_n the_o body_n be_v first_o gentle_o purge_v by_o cassia_n yet_o if_o the_o infirmity_n have_v continue_v long_o and_o bring_v the_o body_n to_o a_o great_a weakness_n trincavel_n will_v then_o in_o no_o case_n admit_v phlebocomy_a 4._o for_o give_v his_o advice_n to_o one_o which_o have_v a_o boat_n and_o a_o dry_a liver_n but_o a_o moist_a stomach_n and_o who_o be_v trouble_v with_o plentiful_a thin_a spit_v with_o pain_n in_o the_o joint_n and_o lassitude_n of_o the_o whole_a body_n he_o say_v in_o this_o body_n so_o spend_v with_o
or_o else_o by_o overmuch_o cool_v of_o the_o body_n when_o by_o bleed_v much_o of_o the_o strength_n be_v resolve_v fernelius_n say_v the_o raw_a and_o undigested_a flux_n which_o happen_v in_o a_o burn_a fever_n 11._o the_o stomach_n be_v dissolve_v by_o the_o drink_n of_o cold_a water_n do_v not_o forbid_v the_o open_n of_o a_o vain_a but_o a_o regard_n must_v always_o be_v have_v of_o the_o power_n alexander_n massaria_n do_v advise_v that_o if_o the_o flux_n do_v come_v of_o venom_n or_o any_o poison_a humour_n we_o shall_v not_o let_v blood_n sangu_n because_o the_o great_a violence_n be_v then_o offer_v to_o the_o power_n and_o the_o spirit_n be_v in_o danger_n of_o saint_v chap._n 5._o of_o the_o state_n of_o the_o disease_n what_o consideration_n must_v be_v have_v thereof_o in_o blood-letting_n and_o in_o the_o examine_n of_o the_o strength_n of_o the_o party_n which_o we_o must_v regard_v most_o the_o virtue_n animal_n or_o natural_a or_o vital_a whereas_o every_o disease_n have_v four_o several_a time_n the_o first_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d princiâ—ium_fw-la the_o beginning_n which_o endure_v until_o there_o appear_v some_o sign_n of_o concoction_n the_o second_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d well_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d incrementum_fw-la augmentum_fw-la vel_fw-la ascensus_fw-la the_o time_n of_o the_o increase_n so_o long_o as_o the_o fit_n or_o grief_n do_v wax_v more_o painful_a the_o three_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vigour_n &_o status_fw-la the_o vigour_n of_o the_o disease_n when_o it_o stand_v in_o one_o stay_n and_o neither_o increase_v nor_o decrease_v the_o four_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d declinatio_fw-la so_o long_o as_o the_o disease_n do_v decline_v or_o decrease_v it_o remain_v now_o to_o be_v discuss_v in_o how_o many_o of_o these_o phlebotomy_n may_v take_v place_n and_o to_o which_o of_o these_o it_o be_v most_o fit_a and_o convenient_a montanus_n deliver_v this_o for_o galens_n doctrine_n 3._o in_o let_v of_o blood_n there_o be_v no_o time_n to_o be_v attend_v but_o at_o what_o time_n soever_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o fullness_n a_o evacuation_n be_v show_v to_o be_v the_o best_a drift_n let_v the_o evacuation_n be_v make_v whether_o the_o disease_n be_v in_o the_o beginning_n or_o in_o the_o increase_n or_o in_o the_o state_n so_o that_o there_o be_v not_o undigested_a meat_n in_o the_o stomach_n and_o bowel_n but_o he_o add_v a_o proviso_n dummodo_fw-la virtus_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la debilis_fw-la so_o that_o the_o virtue_n and_o power_n bâ—_n not_o weak_a but_o for_o the_o most_o part_n phlebotomy_n be_v most_o fit_a in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o disease_n that_o rule_n of_o hypocrates_n 29._o in_o the_o begin_n of_o disease_n if_o any_o thing_n do_v seem_v sit_v to_o be_v move_v move_v it_o but_o when_o the_o disease_n be_v at_o the_o high_a state_n and_o vigour_n it_o be_v best_o then_o to_o rest_v galen_n comment_v upon_o it_o do_v apply_v it_o to_o the_o two_o great_a remedy_n and_o especial_o to_o phlebotomy_n the_o first_o canon_n of_o auicenna_n expound_v by_o montanus_n be_v a_o vain_a be_v not_o to_o be_v open_v in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o disease_n motion_n that_o be_v when_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o disease_n do_v boil_v and_o swell_v and_o nature_n do_v strive_v to_o concoct_v or_o expel_v it_o 〈…〉_z montanus_n say_v there_o be_v duplex_fw-la motus_fw-la morbi_fw-la two_o manner_n of_o motion_n of_o a_o disease_n the_o one_o particular_a which_o consist_v in_o the_o fit_n and_o paroxysine_n and_o the_o other_o general_a or_o universal_a in_o respect_n of_o the_o whole_a disease_n from_o the_o begin_n to_o the_o end_n and_o this_o contain_v the_o critical_a day_n the_o four_o the_o seven_o the_o eleven_o the_o fourteen_o the_o seaventeenth_o the_o twenty_o etc._n etc._n now_o we_o must_v mark_v how_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o disease_n be_v move_v whether_o in_o a_o critical_a day_n or_o not_o critical_a 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must_v be_v do_v very_o wary_o and_o with_o great_a consideration_n for_o many_o be_v the_o harm_n and_o danger_n which_o may_v ensue_v thereby_o if_o it_o be_v rash_o or_o unaduised_o practise_v as_o in_o one_o place_n galen_n do_v plain_o and_o plentiful_o lay_v open_a unto_o we_o 9_o i_o see_v two_o man_n die_v in_o the_o very_a hand_n of_o the_o physician_n faint_v indeed_o away_o but_o never_o recover_v again_o many_o although_o they_o die_v not_o present_o yet_o afterward_o they_o come_v to_o it_o by_o the_o decay_a of_o their_o power_n and_o if_o they_o have_v be_v evacuate_v without_o dissolve_v the_o strength_n they_o shall_v not_o have_v perish_v and_o some_o also_o their_o power_n be_v by_o immoderate_a evacuation_n dissolve_v do_v fall_n into_o a_o long_a linger_a disease_n other_o for_o all_o their_o life_n time_n afterward_o have_v then_o whole_a temperature_n of_o their_o body_n overmuch_o cool_v be_v never_o able_a to_o recover_v that_o harm_n which_o he_o have_v get_v by_o avoid_v too_o much_o blood_n by_o which_o coldness_n some_o have_v live_v afterward_o ill_o colour_v and_o with_o bad_a habit_n of_o body_n and_o easy_o annoy_v with_o every_o small_a thing_n and_o other_o by_o the_o same_o mean_n have_v be_v take_v with_o deadly_a disease_n dropsy_n straightness_n of_o breath_n by_o stop_v of_o the_o light_n weaâ—â—nes_n of_o liver_n and_o stomach_n apoplexy_n and_o dote_n there_o be_v many_o unskilful_a surgeon_n which_o do_v think_v and_o defend_v that_o for_o the_o quantity_n of_o blood_n how_o much_o may_v be_v spare_v they_o need_v no_o other_o observation_n but_o to_o let_v the_o blood_n to_o run_v upon_o their_o nail_n and_o so_o long_o as_o they_o see_v it_o to_o be_v gross_a and_o corrupt_a so_o long_o to_o let_v it_o flow_v it_o they_o take_v this_o course_n with_o some_o disease_n they_o may_v utter_o overthrow_v the_o strength_n of_o their_o patient_n they_o which_o have_v much_o corrupt_a blood_n have_v little_a good_a and_o they_o which_o have_v little_a good_a blood_n must_v needs_o have_v little_a strength_n and_o such_o as_o be_v of_o weak_a power_n may_v soon_o by_o a_o great_a quantity_n of_o bleed_a receive_v unrecoverable_a mischief_n 6._o galen_n show_v that_o when_o it_o happen_v that_o crude_a humour_n be_v gather_v in_o the_o body_n a_o great_a heed_n must_v be_v take_v what_o quantity_n the_o strength_n will_v endure_v for_o the_o power_n be_v already_o dissolve_v in_o such_o constitution_n of_o crude_a humour_n be_v wont_a by_o phlebotomy_n to_o fall_v into_o such_o extremity_n as_o out_o of_o which_o they_o can_v never_o again_o be_v recover_v and_o therefore_o a_o little_a after_o he_o show_v what_o in_o this_o case_n his_o own_o practice_n be_v 12._o in_o they_o which_o have_v a_o multitude_n of_o raw_a humour_n i_o do_v avoid_v a_o little_a blood_n and_o do_v straightway_o give_v a_o little_a water_n and_o honey_n well_o boil_a together_o with_o some_o extenuate_a thing_n as_o hyssop_n wild_a marierom_n and_o sometime_o calamint_a and_o then_o i_o take_v away_o a_o little_a more_o blood_n sometime_o the_o same_o day_n and_o sometime_o the_o day_n follow_v in_o which_o give_v again_o some_o of_o the_o aforesaid_a medicine_n i_o take_v away_o blood_n again_o and_o the_o three_o day_n likewise_o twice_o galen_n often_o when_o he_o name_v crudity_n or_o raw_a humour_n speak_v not_o of_o the_o two_o first_o kind_n of_o crudity_n to_o wit_n first_o meat_n undigested_a and_o second_o when_o any_o hurtful_a matter_n do_v not_o obey_v the_o law_n of_o nature_n of_o which_o two_o i_o have_v speak_v already_o but_o of_o a_o three_o kind_n of_o crudity_n book_n when_o any_o thick_a or_o cold_a humour_n do_v abound_v in_o the_o body_n for_o so_o do_v galen_n describe_v all_o those_o humour_n to_o be_v crude_a or_o raw_a which_o be_v in_o the_o body_n beside_o blood_n 2._o of_o a_o thick_a or_o cold_a substance_n the_o more_o they_o depart_v from_o blood_n the_o less_o blood_n may_v be_v spare_v and_o sometime_o they_o depart_v so_o far_o from_o blood_n as_o in_o dropsy_n and_o in_o some_o ague_n come_v of_o the_o abundance_n of_o raw_a humour_n that_o there_o be_v no_o place_n at_o all_o leave_v for_o phlebotomy_n 6._o if_o in_o any_o place_n galen_n do_v deny_v and_o forbid_v let_v of_o blood_n in_o abundance_n of_o corrupt_a humour_n as_o he_o do_v sometime_o 11._o allot_v unto_o they_o rather_o purge_n than_o phlebotomy_n we_o must_v account_v it_o to_o be_v do_v not_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o vicious_a humour_n for_o phlebotomy_n be_v common_a both_o to_o good_a humour_n overmuch_o abound_v and_o to_o ill_a humour_n overmuch_o annoy_v it_o be_v as_o galen_n and_o avicen_n do_v make_v it_o a_o remedy_n both_o against_o the_o superfluity_n of_o blood_n and_o also_o against_o the_o vice_n of_o blood_n 9_o but_o galen_n do_v prohibit_v it_o only_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o weakness_n of_o the_o strength_n for_o so_o do_v he_o expound_v himself_o these_o three_o 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repletion_n term_v quoad_fw-la vires_fw-la be_v rather_o to_o be_v holpen_v by_o medicine_n then_o by_o let_v of_o blood_n for_o if_o raw_a and_o undigested_a humour_n do_v abound_v in_o the_o body_n the_o open_n of_o a_o vain_a will_v draw_v out_o much_o good_a blood_n but_o as_o for_o the_o bad_a blood_n which_o be_v gather_v in_o the_o first_o vein_n about_o the_o liver_n and_o the_o middle_a entrail_n it_o will_v draw_v it_o into_o the_o whole_a body_n tâ—â—nda_fw-la as_o galen_n do_v at_o large_a demonstrate_v and_o therefore_o evacuation_n by_o some_o purge_a potion_n shall_v in_o this_o case_n be_v more_o fit_a than_o let_v of_o blood_n yet_o when_o by_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o disease_n there_o be_v evident_a danger_n of_o a_o corruption_n and_o putrefaction_n of_o humour_n to_o ensue_v than_o a_o little_a quantity_n of_o blood_n draw_v shall_v be_v much_o avaylable_a to_o anticipate_v and_o prevent_v it_o if_o always_o regard_v be_v have_v how_o far_o the_o strength_n will_v 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occasion_n to_o declare_v more_o at_o large_a in_o the_o first_o chapter_n of_o the_o second_o book_n the_o first_o use_n of_o phlebotomy_n to_o wit_n evacuation_n have_v place_n not_o only_o in_o pure_a repletion_n but_o also_o in_o all_o danger_n of_o putrefaction_n according_a to_o that_o of_o galen_n 11._o it_o be_v good_a to_o open_v a_o vain_a not_o only_o in_o fever_n call_v synochi_n which_o have_v one_o continual_a fit_n and_o do_v proceed_v of_o inflame_a blood_n but_o also_o in_o all_o other_o humour_n that_o stand_v in_o danger_n of_o putrefaction_n when_o the_o regard_n which_o be_v have_v of_o age_n and_o strength_n do_v nothing_o prohibit_v for_o nature_n which_o do_v dispose_v and_o govern_v our_o body_n be_v lighten_v and_o have_v put_v off_o that_o which_o aâ—_n a_o burden_n do_v overcharge_v she_o will_v easy_o overcome_v the_o rest_n in_o such_o sort_n that_o it_o will_v concoct_v what_o be_v to_o be_v concoct_v and_o expel_v what_o be_v to_o be_v expel_v the_o second_o use_n of_o letting-bloud_n be_v call_v of_o montanus_n eventatio_fw-la eventilatio_fw-la whereupon_o he_o make_v a_o second_o kind_n call_v phlebotomia_fw-la eventativa_fw-la which_o be_v the_o vent_n of_o any_o humour_n that_o do_v boil_v and_o bubble_v within_o the_o vein_n for_o as_o the_o former_a to_o wit_n evacuation_n have_v respect_n unto_o the_o plenitude_n universalis_fw-la so_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v proper_o a_o relation_n to_o the_o boil_a and_o bubble_v so_o â—ayth_o he_o in_o quotidian_n and_o quartan_n we_o do_v often_o let_v blood_n not_o because_o there_o be_v any_o fullness_n or_o great_a multitude_n of_o ill_a humour_n but_o because_o we_o will_v by_o vent_v take_v away_o the_o boil_a and_o bubble_v thereof_o this_o vent_v have_v place_n both_o whether_o there_o be_v any_o putrefaction_n in_o the_o humour_n or_o no._n but_o if_o our_o scope_n and_o purpose_n be_v only_o simple_o to_o vent_v then_o be_v it_o best_o to_o do_v it_o by_o let_v a_o little_a blood_n and_o often_o according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o auicenna_n melior_fw-la est_fw-la multiplicatio_fw-la numeri_fw-la quam_fw-la quantitatis_fw-la otherwise_o if_o the_o case_n be_v compound_v that_o both_o there_o be_v a_o fullness_n and_o a_o boil_a that_o we_o must_v both_o evacuate_v and_o vent_v then_o shall_v it_o be_v most_o fit_a to_o do_v it_o at_o once_o and_o plentiful_o and_o as_o long_o as_o the_o strength_n will_v permit_v as_o be_v teach_v at_o large_a by_o galen_n in_o the_o eight_o book_n of_o his_o methodus_fw-la medendi_fw-la and_o in_o the_o same_o book_n speak_v of_o some_o ague_n that_o be_v like_a to_o diarian_a fever_n and_o do_v come_v of_o obstruction_n he_o do_v use_v these_o word_n 8._o that_o the_o humour_n may_v be_v vent_v we_o have_v need_n of_o the_o great_a remedy_n we_o must_v let_v blood_n the_o party_n be_v of_o sufficient_a strength_n although_o there_o be_v no_o sign_n of_o plenitude_n how_o it_o shall_v be_v know_v when_o the_o humour_n do_v thus_o boil_v and_o have_v need_n of_o vent_v it_o shaâ—l_v be_v lay_v open_a at_o large_a in_o the_o two_o chapter_n next_o follow_v the_o three_o use_n of_o let_v blood_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d revulsion_n montanus_n call_v it_o phlebotomia_fw-la diversina_fw-la which_o be_v a_o pluck_n back_o of_o humour_n when_o they_o be_v carry_v from_o any_o one_o part_n of_o the_o body_n into_o a_o other_o with_o force_n and_o violent_a course_n euacuation_n do_v respect_v the_o fullness_n vent_v the_o bubble_a up_o and_o revulsion_n the_o violent_a course_n of_o the_o humour_n how_o this_o revulsion_n must_v be_v make_v be_v discuss_v in_o the_o seven_o chapter_n of_o this_o first_o book_n the_o four_o use_n of_o blood-letting_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d derivatio_fw-la of_o montanus_n phlebotomia_fw-la derivativa_fw-la which_o be_v a_o derive_v of_o a_o humour_n from_o any_o place_n where_o it_o be_v settle_v and_o impact_v into_o some_o other_o near_o place_n by_o which_o it_o may_v best_o be_v overcome_v or_o avoid_v it_o differ_v from_o revulsion_n two_o especial_a way_n first_o revulsion_n be_v into_o place_n far_o distant_a as_o hypocrates_n show_v 245._o we_o must_v endeavour_n to_o open_v a_o vain_a distant_a as_o far_o as_o may_v be_v from_o the_o place_n where_o the_o grief_n be_v make_v or_o the_o blood_n gather_v for_o so_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o danger_n of_o a_o sudden_a change_n and_o beside_o the_o custom_n be_v translate_v a_o other_o way_n thou_o shall_v make_v that_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o more_o flow_v to_o the_o former_a wont_a place_n but_o derivation_n of_o humour_n be_v into_o the_o near_a place_n as_o by_o which_o they_o may_v most_o fit_o be_v avoid_v according_a to_o that_o of_o galen_n derivation_n be_v make_v into_o place_n nigh_o join_v 3._o but_o revulsion_n be_v make_v into_o place_n plain_a opposite_a again_o a_o other_o difference_n there_o be_v that_o revulsion_n be_v of_o humour_n now_o flow_v but_o derivation_n be_v of_o they_o that_o be_v already_o settle_v as_o be_v witness_v by_o the_o same_o author_n 6._o if_o the_o flow_a be_v still_o carry_v in_o his_o violent_a course_n we_o must_v use_v revulsion_n to_o draw_v it_o to_o the_o contrary_n but_o when_o the_o humour_n be_v settle_v and_o impact_v in_o the_o place_n than_o it_o be_v better_a to_o derive_v it_o he_o give_v the_o reason_n of_o it_o for_o the_o change_n be_v near_o and_o both_o the_o access_n and_o the_o draw_v force_n of_o the_o purge_a medicine_n be_v more_o ready_a when_o the_o place_n be_v nigh_o and_o what_o there_o he_o speak_v of_o medicine_n 7._o the_o same_o he_o write_v of_o phlebotomy_n rewlsion_n be_v the_o remedy_n of_o flux_n or_o rheum_n still_o flow_v but_o derivation_n be_v their_o help_n when_o they_o have_v take_v hold_n of_o any_o part_n but_o both_o these_o kind_n of_o evacuation_n do_v hypocrates_n command_v to_o be_v do_v by_o the_o common_a vein_n thus_o much_o brief_o concern_v the_o first_o question_n what_o phlebotomy_n be_v and_o of_o the_o four_o several_a kind_n or_o rather_o use_v thereof_o chap._n 2._o how_o let_v of_o blood_n may_v be_v use_v in_o continual_a ague_n call_v synochi_n in_o hot_a ague_n and_o how_o also_o in_o burn_a fever_n be_v now_o to_o declare_v particular_o how_o phlebotomy_n be_v to_o be_v use_v in_o most_o of_o the_o usual_a disease_n which_o common_o do_v reign_v among_o man_n see_v there_o be_v no_o kind_n of_o infirmity_n that_o have_v more_o sort_n of_o itself_o subject_a to_o let_v of_o blood_n than_o have_v the_o ague_n i_o have_v think_v it_o not_o amiss_o to_o begin_v first_o with_o it_o in_o the_o ague_n synochus_fw-la which_o have_v one_o continual_a fit_n see_v that_o it_o proceed_v of_o the_o inflammation_n of_o blood_n needs_o must_v
help_v much_o transpiration_n by_o mean_n whereof_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v good_a to_o help_v putrefaction_n 3._o when_o montanus_n affirm_v that_o to_o let_v blood_n in_o putrify_a ague_n be_v to_o kill_v the_o patient_a he_o mean_v a_o liberal_a evacuate_n of_o blood_n but_o otherwise_o his_o word_n before_o do_v show_v plain_o that_o it_o may_v be_v do_v moderate_o to_o vent_v the_o vapour_n 113._o and_o platerus_n show_v a_o other_o cause_n why_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v do_v because_o the_o occasion_n of_o putrify_a ague_n do_v lie_v hide_v in_o the_o blood_n and_o in_o the_o branch_n of_o the_o hollow_a vain_a together_o with_o the_o blood_n be_v avoid_v some_o portion_n of_o the_o putrify_a humour_n febribus_fw-la of_o the_o same_o judgement_n be_v fernelius_n the_o open_n of_o a_o vain_a which_o may_v take_v away_o both_o the_o multitude_n and_o also_o a_o great_a portion_n of_o the_o putrify_a humour_n do_v great_o avayle_v to_o the_o cure_n of_o the_o fever_n 11._o and_o a_o 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teach_v either_o we_o must_v draw_v it_o down_o by_o open_v the_o saphena_fw-la of_o the_o same_o side_n or_o else_o we_o must_v deal_v with_o the_o opposite_a side_n above_o the_o rest_n of_o montanus_n his_o opinion_n you_o have_v see_v before_o in_o this_o chapter_n where_o i_o have_v compare_v his_o judgement_n with_o the_o judgement_n of_o other_o the_o most_o excellent_a physician_n of_o our_o age_n chap._n 8._o whether_o let_v of_o blood_n may_v be_v practise_v in_o cold_a disease_n as_o palsy_n cramp_n apoplexy_n and_o whether_o it_o may_v fit_o be_v use_v in_o melancholic_a wind_n colick_n and_o dropsy_n for_o the_o disease_n mention_v in_o this_o and_o the_o two_o chapter_n follow_v i_o purpose_v not_o to_o show_v the_o censure_n of_o many_o physician_n but_o only_o for_o every_o infirmity_n to_o content_v myself_o with_o the_o authority_n of_o one_o or_o two_o of_o who_o i_o make_v best_a reckon_v and_o so_o to_o hasten_v to_o those_o other_o point_n which_o more_o general_o and_o universal_o be_v to_o be_v consider_v in_o the_o whole_a practice_n of_o phlebotomy_n 3._o although_o cramp_n and_o palsy_n convulsion_n and_o resolution_n be_v cold_a disease_n yet_o aetius_n paulus_n aretaeus_n and_o diverse_a do_v appoint_v to_o begin_v the_o cure_n with_o let_v of_o blood_n galen_n do_v allow_v it_o 14._o but_o not_o general_o &_o always_o he_o only_o do_v admit_v it_o in_o these_o case_n and_o with_o these_o condition_n first_o when_o these_o cold_a disease_n have_v their_o beginning_n by_o the_o suppression_n of_o the_o term_n or_o hemorrhode_n second_o if_o they_o be_v with_o a_o fever_n but_o than_o it_o must_v be_v do_v moderate_o &_o spare_o three_o if_o there_o be_v great_a plenty_n of_o blood_n either_o in_o the_o whole_a or_o in_o the_o head_n 25._o for_o as_o galen_n show_v and_o also_o hypocrates_n by_o the_o overmuch_o fullness_n of_o the_o vein_n there_o be_v make_v oftentimes_o epilepsy_n and_o apoplexy_n trallianus_n begin_v his_o cure_n of_o a_o lethargy_n by_o let_v of_o blood_n if_o other_o circumstance_n do_v not_o prohibit_v heurnius_n in_o his_o chapter_n of_o convulsion_n do_v like_o well_o of_o the_o judgement_n of_o aretaeus_n to_o wit_n that_o whether_o the_o cramp_n or_o convulsion_n do_v come_v of_o coldness_n or_o by_o a_o wound_n or_o by_o untimely_a birth_n the_o vain_a in_o the_o arm_n be_v to_o be_v open_v especial_o if_o blood_n be_v the_o cause_n or_o if_o it_o be_v such_o a_o crick_n that_o the_o neck_n or_o body_n can_v bend_v no_o way_n or_o if_o it_o be_v a_o inflammation_n or_o a_o wound_n montanus_n allow_v phlebotomy_n in_o epilepsy_n and_o apoplexy_n when_o they_o depend_v of_o blood_n 3._o but_o he_o add_v this_o clause_n hoc_fw-la autem_fw-la faciendum_fw-la debitis_fw-la temporibus_fw-la praecipue_fw-la veer_fw-la this_o must_v be_v do_v in_o due_a time_n especial_o in_o the_o spring_n time_n for_o melancholic_a wind_n cause_v by_o obstruction_n of_o the_o liver_n or_o spleen_n mercurialis_n give_v advice_n in_o that_o case_n to_o a_o noble_a man_n of_o germany_n 66._o say_v first_o you_o must_v think_v of_o let_v blood_n not_o that_o the_o abundance_n of_o it_o do_v plain_o show_v any_o such_o matter_n but_o because_o other_o noble_a help_n can_v hardly_o be_v safe_o administer_v unless_o let_v of_o blood_n do_v go_v before_o and_o in_o a_o other_o place_n write_v counsel_n for_o a_o woman_n which_o have_v five_o year_n suffer_v the_o obstruction_n of_o the_o spleen_n 104._o and_o be_v now_o come_v to_o a_o schirrus_n or_o hard_a swell_a he_o say_v i_o think_v it_o be_v excellent_a well_o that_o she_o shall_v be_v let_v blood_n first_o out_o of_o the_o common_a vain_a then_o out_o of_o the_o lienaris_fw-la and_o last_o of_o all_o out_o of_o the_o vain_a of_o the_o left_a foot_n so_o that_o at_o thrice_o there_o be_v in_o all_o take_v a_o pound_n of_o blood_n trincavel_v his_o judgement_n be_v hypochondriaca_fw-la that_o we_o must_v abstain_v from_o blood-letting_n when_o 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all_o or_o else_o very_o little_a and_o that_o rather_o to_o pluck_v back_o then_o to_o evacuate_v the_o common_a opinion_n of_o chirurgeon_n be_v that_o the_o more_o corrupt_a the_o blood_n be_v the_o great_a quantity_n he_o may_v spare_v of_o it_o ibid._n but_o he_o rely_v whole_o upon_o that_o authority_n of_o galen_n of_o these_o kind_n and_o degree_n of_o sanguisication_n some_o little_a differ_v from_o blood_n some_o more_o and_o some_o most_o of_o all_o in_o those_o which_o on_o either_o side_n differ_v but_o a_o little_a from_o blood_n you_o may_v bold_o use_v phlebotomy_n in_o they_o which_o differmore_o do_v it_o more_o wary_o but_o in_o they_o which_o be_v most_o depart_v from_o blood_n use_v it_o not_o at_o all_o 〈…〉_z if_o the_o good_a blood_n be_v little_a and_o the_o other_o humour_n much_o then_o abstain_v from_o let_v blood_n but_o if_o the_o humour_n be_v little_a and_o the_o blood_n plentiful_a then_o bold_o use_v phlebotomy_n melinus_fw-la though_o he_o know_v 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